New study describes 200 million years of geological evolution

New study describes 200 million years of geological evolution Oslo, Norway (SPX) Dec 06, 2016 - Tectonic plates, big sections of Earth's crust and blocks underneath them, are constantly moving. The areas where these sections meet and interact are called faults. They appear as scars on the outermost layer of the Earth. A lot is going on along the largest of faults: mountains can grow, volcanoes can erupt, continents can separate and earthquakes happen. Also more discrete events are co ... more

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